After you add the suspension lift you will wish you had 37's. 11" of lift makes 35's look extremely small.

 

Correct. Yeah they really dont look too bad but it would be alot nicer if i had my 37s on right now but they will be here when im gone.

 

it looks pretty good with 35's and it will bad a** with 37's

 

I know too bad i wont be here to drive it first when they get put on. I have to wait patiently haha

 

looks good bud. Yall did a good job on it.

One thing that really stands out, the factory POS hitch is connected to the bumper ? Really ? Kinda surprising. Guess I never paid too much attention to any buddies F150s. Glad I went class IV.

 

Look`s HIGH mhockey9090!!! that is way up in the air and mercedes is right ya`ll did a good job on it, I know it took alot of long hrs but it is worth it when your finished!!

 

Well i could have not welded the hitch but then again i would have been able to only have 2 bolts per each side of the bumper. Sense i cut the welds and installed the blocks back there and welded back together i was able to put the other bolts back into the factory place. Looks lil bit weird but still able to use my hitch and stuff.

 

Thanks alot man and yeah i feel alot more confident to work onto my truck now that i did this. Feels good that i did it myself and did turn out very well.

 

Aw, I wasn't bashing anything YOU had done. I just saw how the factory hitch mounts, and was a little surprised by it, thats all. So, your saying you cut up the mounting parts ? Is it suppose to attach to more parts of the truck ? My hitch goes under my bumper, and mounts to my frame, with bolts going through the entire frame, 4 on each side or so. Its pretty beef, way overkill, but "go big, or go home" right ?

This is the pic I was looking at. Looks like factory hitch just bolts up to the bumper ??



**edit: :o i don't know what I was lookin at, or thinking. I get it though.

 

ok i was about to explain it all again but i guess you said you get it though so yeah. Its only so that all the bolts and everything just lines up as they were before you add the body lift. That pic you have you can see the welds that were cut and the blocks installed.

Edit: Yes there is four bolts on each side of the bumper. But all 4 bolts mount to the original spot as they were before adding the body lift so there for if i didnt re weld the hitch or put the blocks in there my bumper would sit 3 inches lower. Do you see what im saying. The bumper still mounts up to everything its just you have to add the 3 inch blocks to raise the bumper which means you see alot of the hitch.

 

Well mhockey's truck look freaking good if you ask me and he got 11'' of lift.

I'll put 37'' when my tire are done, but i'm still good for atleast 20 000 miles on them... So don't want to waste tires.

 

Thanks Pat.

 

Just a little bump to those who are thinking of doing it themselves

 

so was this your order of events? just makin sure..

remove front bumber
install blocks on passenger side cab
install blocks on driver side cab
install front bumber
remove rear bumber
install blocks on passenger side bed
install blocks on driver side bed
install rear bumber

is that how you did it?

 

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